{"id":1253,"date":"2022-08-31T00:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T19:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2022-08-31T00:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T19:13:18","slug":"evolution-of-web-browsers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/evolution-of-web-browsers.html","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of Web Browsers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Web-Browsers-New-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Web-Browsers-New-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Web-Browsers-New-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Web-Browsers-New-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Web-Browsers-New-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Web-Browsers-New-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Web-Browsers-New-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Web-Browsers-New-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Web-Browsers-New-1280x640.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Web-Browsers-New-1920x960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you are using a desktop, a laptop, a tablet, or a mobile device, the web browser plays a pivotal role in exploring the web and using interactive web applications. Since the inception of the World Wide Web (WWW) by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Berners-Lee\" target=\"_blank\">Tim-Berners-Lee<\/a>, web browsers have evolved significantly. The first web browser named <em>WorldWideWeb<\/em> was created by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Berners-Lee\" target=\"_blank\">Tim-Berners-Lee<\/a> in 1990. Since then, a lot of browsers came into existence to enhance the content support, interactiveness, and user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\n#ez-toc-container{display:none}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we present the timeline of the evolution of web browsers. In this timeline we have included the popular ones leaving behind a plethora of web browsers that came and gone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline Cool-Content-Timeline\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f\"><style scoped=\"true\">.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body .story-time p{color: #333;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .story-time p{color: #333;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body::before{background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(230, 230, 230, 0) 0%, #1e73be 10%, #1e73be 90%, rgba(230, 230, 230, 0) 100%);}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .timeline-content::before{background: #1e73be;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .timeline-content::after{background: #1e73be;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body .timeline-content::before{background: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body.left .story-details::after{background: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body.right .story-time::after{background: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body .timeline-content .timeline-block-icon{background: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .timeline-content .timeline-block-icon{background: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body.both-sided .timeline-content .position-right .story-details::before{border-right-color: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body.both-sided .timeline-content .position-left  .story-details::before{border-left-color: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body.one-sided.left .timeline-content  .story-details::before{border-right-color: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body.one-sided.right .timeline-content  .story-details::before{border-left-color: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body .timeline-content  .story-details{border-color: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .timeline-content .ctl-row .ctl-6.timeline-block-detail::before{border-bottom-color: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .ctl-6.timeline-block-detail{border-top-color: #1e73be !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-vertical-timeline-body .timeline-content  .timeline-block-icon{border-color: #1e73beFF !important;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .swiper-button-next{color: #1e73be;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .swiper-button-prev{color: #1e73be;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .swiper-pagination-bullet-active{background: #1e73be;}.cool-timeline-block-35f35bf4-f213-497b-8fd5-0c43a6df014f .icon-true .timeline-block-icon span.timeline-block-render-icon svg{fill: #1e73be;}<\/style><div class=\"cool-vertical-timeline-body both-sided left\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-list\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1990<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WorldWideWeb_Nexus\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WorldWideWeb\">WorldWideWeb (Nexus)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. The first web browser <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WorldWideWeb\" target=\"_blank\">WorldWideWeb<\/a> was created by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Berners-Lee\" target=\"_blank\">Tim-Berners-Lee<\/a><br>2. The limitation of single OS was solved by cross-platform browser <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Line_Mode_Browser\" target=\"_blank\">Line Mode Browser<\/a> co-developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicola_Pellow\">Nicola Pellow<\/a> in 1991<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1992<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lynx_Erwise_MacWWW_MidasWWW_ViolaWWW\"><\/span><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lynx_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\">Lynx<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erwise\" target=\"_blank\">Erwise<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MacWWW\" target=\"_blank\">MacWWW<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MidasWWW\" target=\"_blank\">MidasWWW<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ViolaWWW\" target=\"_blank\">ViolaWWW<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. Several browsers were introduced in 1992<br>2. Erwise was the first browser with a Graphical User Interface (GUI)<br>3. As of 2022, the Lynx browser is still maintained<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>June 1993<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cello\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cello_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cello<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. A browser with Graphical User Interface (GUI) 2. First to run on Windows and OS\/2, developed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_R._Bruce\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas R. Bruce<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>September 1993<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mosaic\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mosaic_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mosaic<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. First widely used web browser, co-developed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc_Andreessen\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Andreessen<\/a><br>2. Instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web<br>3. Introduced multimedia in the browser<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1994<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Netscape_Navigator_IBM_WebExplorer\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netscape_Navigator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netscape Navigator<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_WebExplorer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IBM WebExplorer<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. Netscape introduced its flagship browser Navigator, co-developed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc_Andreessen\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Andreessen<\/a><br>2. IBM introduced <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_WebExplorer\" target=\"_blank\">WebExplorer<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1995<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Microsoft_Internet_Explorer_IE\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_Explorer\">Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft<\/a> purchased <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_Explorer\" target=\"_blank\">Internet Explorer<\/a> from Spyglass Inc. and entered browser wars with Netscape.<br>2. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_Explorer\" target=\"_blank\">Internet Explorer<\/a> was the most popular web browser for several years<br>3. Discontinued in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft_Edge\">Microsoft Edge<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1996<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opera\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opera_Mini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opera<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. Started as a research project at Telenor in 1994<br>2. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opera_Mobile\" target=\"_blank\">Opera Mobile<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opera_Mini\" target=\"_blank\">Opera Mini<\/a> are for mobile devices<br>3. Rendering engine changed from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presto_(browser_engine)\" target=\"_blank\">Presto<\/a> to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blink_(browser_engine)\" target=\"_blank\">Blink<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2002<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mozilla_Firefox\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firefox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mozilla Firefox<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. Free and open-source web browser from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mozilla_Foundation\" target=\"_blank\">Mozilla Foundation<\/a><br>2. Uses <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gecko_(software)\" target=\"_blank\">Gecko<\/a> rendering engine<br>3. As of 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firefox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Firefox<\/a> is the fourth most popular browser and is available on all major platforms<br><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2003<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Apple_Safari\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Safari_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Safari<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. Based on open-source software, developed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_Inc.\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a> <br>2. Uses <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WebKit\" target=\"_blank\">WebKit<\/a> rendering engine<br>3. As of 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Safari_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safari<\/a> is the third most popular browser and is available on macOS and iOS<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2008<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_Chrome\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_Chrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Chrome<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. Cross-platform web browser developed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a><br>2.  Based on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chromium_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\">Chromium<\/a> and uses <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blink_(browser_engine)\" target=\"_blank\">Blink<\/a> rendering engine (a fork of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WebKit\" target=\"_blank\">WebKit<\/a>)<br>3. As of 2022, the most popular web browser across all platforms<br>4. The popularity of Chrome made <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> to use the brand name Chrome in several other products such as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ChromeOS\" target=\"_blank\">ChromeOS<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chromecast\" target=\"_blank\">Chromecast<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chromebook\" target=\"_blank\">Chromebook<\/a> etc.<br><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2015<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Microsoft_Edge\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft_Edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Edge<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. Cross-platform <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chromium_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\">Chromium<\/a> based web browser developed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft<\/a>. The Chromium based version was released in 2020.<br>2. Replaced <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_Explorer\" target=\"_blank\">Internet Explorer (IE)<\/a><br>3. As of 2022, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft_Edge\" target=\"_blank\">Edge<\/a> the second most popular web browser<br>4. Default web browser for Windows and Xbox<br><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2016<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vivaldi\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vivaldi_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vivaldi<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. Free, open-source and cross-platform web browser developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vivaldi_Technologies\">Vivaldi Technologies<\/a><br>2. Based on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chromium_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\">Chromium<\/a><br>3. Targeted towards technically-inclined users and former <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opera_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\">Opera<\/a> browser users who miss Opera iconic features<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2019<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brave\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brave_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brave<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>1. Free, open-source and cross-platform web browser developed by Brave Software, Inc.<br>2. Based on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chromium_(web_browser)\" target=\"_blank\">Chromium<\/a><br>3. Privacy focused &#8211; automatically blocks advertisements and website trackers<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 2022, here is the list of popular browsers in the popularity order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Google Chrome<\/li><li>Microsoft Edge<\/li><li>Apple Safari<\/li><li>Mozilla Firefox<\/li><li>Opera<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The complete history of web browsers is available <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_web_browser#Web_browsers_by_year\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. 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